1945-S Silver Jefferson Nickel
Connections
- Designed by
- Felix Schlag
- Struck at
- San Francisco Mint
- Produced by
- United States Mint
Thickness
Approximately 1.98 mm — Annual issue specification
Approximate reported value; no tolerance or exact range is established.
Issue details
Dated 1945, this Jefferson Nickel is a regular circulation strike with an S mint mark. It has a nominal whole-coin mass composition specification of 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% manganese, has a nominal weight specification of 5.00 g, has a reported diameter specification of 21.20 mm and has a plain edge.
- Denomination
- 5¢
- Date
- 1945
- Mint mark
- S
- Series
- Jefferson Nickel
- Strike
- Regular circulation strike
- Composition
- 56% copper · 35% silver · 9% manganese
Nominal whole-coin mass composition specification; not a specimen assay.
- Weight
- 5.00 g
Nominal issue specification; not a specimen measurement.
- Diameter
- 21.20 mm
Issue specification; not a specimen measurement.
- Edge
- Plain
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Sources
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s.1 — U.S. Mint Annual Report FY1971 (GPO, 1972)
p.312 Previous issues outstanding, silver-alloy 5 cents (PDF324); p.311 Thickness (PDF323); p.8/Table VI Mint1978 history:1942–45; reported average
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s.2 — U.S. Mint, Domestic and Foreign Coins 1793–1976 (GPO, 1978)
p.8/Table VI, wartime5-cent row/note1 and previous issues; PDF16
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s.3 — U.S. Mint, Domestic and Foreign Coins 1793–1976 (GPO, 1978)
p.8/Table VI and Previous issues outstanding, 5 cents wartime alloy row and note 1 (PDF16)